Family Pictures: The Lovers Summary

Corrine and Michael Sr. met in the summer of 1952 at Schroon Lake in the Adirondacks. Corrine was a waitress at a resort, and Michael was working with a construction crew. That summer, Michael was dating a girl with whom Corrine was acquainted. When Michael drew tired of the girl, wary of her desires for a commitment, he broke up with her. Corrine was sent by her friends to read him the riot act about the situation and to ask him to take the girl back. While they talked, they walked around a lake. In the lake, a swan became entangled in a net. Corrine jumped into the water to save the swan, and Michael was forced to follow. That was the moment he fell in love with her.

Before he met Corrine, Michael was a Casanova, who...